Article - Flying T-6 Texans in Germany, 2006Date - 2006Author - Mark SchimmerDescription - "I was able to fulfill a dream last week, that is, I always wanted to fly in a World War 2 piston-powered fighter aircraft."

He is also known in the show-circuit to do airshow team-displays with his son Toni with
their two T-6 Texans. It was then that I asked if they would take someone along in the
T6 for a flight, and the answer was YES !
WEBSITE - http://www.t6-team.de/

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Well, last week I had the chance to fly 1.5 hours and two landings with Toni.
It was quite an experience. We went through all the aerobatic exercises (I told him: go as you like. And boy, he did!).

First time I felt what it is to black out due to high g's. I also had the privilege to fly the "normal" route by
myself, with him only telling me the heading and altitude, and instructing me otherwise.

The T6 felt heavier as I expected, you have to give her quite some pressure. Except on the rudder, which is almost over sensitive.

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When we came back to the homebase he made a 220 mph pass over the airfield with an aprupt high-g swing up, which almost drove my head into my chest, because it was totally unexpected for me. I have a video of that and when it happened, I wasn't able to point the camera out the window anymore because of the high g's. You only see that the camera suddenly shows the intrumentpanel and then the floor. Hehe, funny for those who know what happend :-)

I love the sound of the T-6, nothing beats the roar of a big old radial (hmm, in fact all those old engines sound great, Merlins, Packards, Daimler Benzs, Junkers Jumos, BMW...